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  • Kebbi confirms 656 fresh cases of Measles outbreak

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Kebbi Government on Friday said it had recorded 656 suspected cases of measles in 21 local government areas of the state. The Executive Secretary, State Primary Health Care and Development Agency, Dr Mannir Jega, who described the figure as alarming, said it was largely due to refusal of residents to go for routine immunisation.…

  • Diarrhea kills 3 in Kebbi

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Three persons have been confirmed dead from an outbreak of diarrhea in Kardi village in Birnin Kebbi Local Government area of Kebbi State. Abdul Karin Abubakar, the Community Health Officer at the Primary Health Center in the area, said the three deaths were out of 160 patients on admission at the center. He said that…

  • Osinbajo storms Kebbi, commissions Africa’s largest rice mill

    Osinbajo storms Kebbi, commissions Africa’s largest rice mill

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday commissioned Africa’s largest parboiled rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State. The over N10 billion state of the art WACOT Rice Mill, which is privately owned, is capable of processing over 120,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice annually. Speaking at the commissioning, Prof. Osinbajo said that the project…

  • Senate confirms 8 REC nominees, steps down Lagos, Kebbi, candidates

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Mrs Asmanu Maikudi from Katsina State and seven others as Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC). Other nominees, who were equally confirmed are, Mr Sam Olumekun from Ondo State, Prof. Riskuwa Shehu from Sokoto State, Mr Kassim Geidam from Yobe and Jibrin Zarewa from Kano State. Prof. Samuel Egwu…

  • APC clears Kebbi LG polls

    APC clears Kebbi LG polls

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 21 chairmanship seats in the just concluded Kebbi State local government elections with 958,881 total votes. Chairman of Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission, (KESIEC), Aliyu Mera, in a press release, signed by himself and made available to journalists, on Sunday night, stated that PDP which participated…

  • Boat Mishap: 7 dead, 136 missing in Kebbi

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    Olaotan Falade
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    No fewer than seven people have died and seven hospitalized in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi when a boat carrying 150 passengers returning from Malali Market capsized along River Niger. The Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in-charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, Alhaji Sulaiman Muhammad, confirmed this to newsmen in Ngaski…

  • Tragedy struck in Kebbi as man, wife, three children die in generator fire

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    Olaotan Falade
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      Tragedy stuck in Kebbi on Tuesday as a couple, Kehinde and Kehinde Sarafa were burnt to death with their kids in a fire that gutted their apartment. The unfortunate incident happened in Koko town in the Koko Local Government area of Kebbi State. The couple’s three children, Abdullahi (male, four years old); Alimat (female,…

  • LASG to roll out “Lake Rice’’ at N13,000 on Dec. 15

    LASG to roll out “Lake Rice’’ at N13,000 on Dec. 15

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it was ready to roll out Lake Rice on Dec. 15 to Lagosians at N13,000 per 50 kg towards the Yuletide celebrations. Mr Sanni Okanlawan, Special Adviser on Food Security to Gov. Akinwumi Ambode, made the disclosure in Lagos during the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)…